Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-07
4 LOT OF FAMOUS CRIMINALS.
Tho Colony OF New Caledonia Better than
the Paris slums.
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London Telegraph.
An interesting accouaC OF the present
status of the notorious French criminals
in New Caledonia has been furnished by
an officer who has Just returned from that
penal colony. The most respectable as
well as the senior of all the convicts is
BereZovski, the Pole who fred at the En-
peror Alexander II. during the Paris ex-
hibition of 1867. Frequent applications
have been made for the liberation Of Ber-
ezovski, put they have al been refused.
He is now IN the Island of Nou, where he
occupies 9 little room apart from all the
bad characters, and has even small gar
den for himself. he roams about the
island, which is one-fourth OF the size OF
Paris, at his own sweet will, end his con-
duct has always been irreproachable. He
receives 6 large quantity Of newspapers,
books and pamphlets from different cOun-
tries by every mail. BerezOvski is now
old and feeble to an extreme degree.
OF different class are Giles and Abs
die, the murderers of the Paris grocer,
Lecercie. These worthless are employed
as street scaVengerS at Noumea, and
their occupation is looked upon by their
companions in penal servitude as q good
pick up bits of tobacco and various odds
and ends, including occasional aims.
Pei, who poisoned his servant at Mont
reuil and then burned her remains in
stove, died in the beginning of the year,
as we'll as Moyaux, who murdered his
own daughter. Guichard, who murdered
bank messenger at Marsellles, is doing
well as store clerk, and hopes one day,
if not to go to Australia, at least to settle
down in New caledonia as s colonist One
of the most comfortable and thriving of
the Convicts is FenayrOu, the chemist OF
| the Boulevard Malesherbes, who led
| the lover of his wife into an ambush at
ChstOu, and then murdered him in q
most atrociOus manner. This criminal
has passed through the various categores
until he has arrived among the first, class
conviCts. He has 9 share IN g fsrm which
he and his wife superintend, and he
has under his orders some OF
the lower class of animals. His life-sen-
tence has been committed to one Of TWEEN
ty years. The doctor who was condemned
last year for having sent poisoned game
to colleague is giving satisfaction, and
hopes TO be able to attain the privilege
accorded to FonayrOu.
On the whole the educated criminals,
even those who are undergoing sentences
for serious crimes, are highly spoken O;
by the Governor of Noumea, and the most
unmltigated rascals are the Paris gamins
and the british peasants or lsborers, most
of whom are murderers. Every year 8
certain number of these have to be shot
down. The official who uses his revolver
against the convicts is tried as 8 formal
itv nv & court snd acquitted.
The number of convicts is 10000 Of
more, anC there are IN addition 24(
female cOnViCts who, however, were sen
out to Noumea Of their own accord from
the MaisOn Centrale Of Paris for the pur
pose of marrying frst-class misde'
meanants. These women are SUPERVISED
= by nuns. There are on the island 60t
warders. The number of frst-class con
victs amounts 20 1000, and some Of them
like Fensyrou, have been allowed TO SEN,
for their wives. The state furnishes the1
with agricultural implements, food, ant
even few head of cattle, when they &r
permitted to begin farming, and the,
generally contriYe TO do well. Anothe
class, apart from all the others, is com
posed of skilled trsdesmen art
mechanics, musicians and even actors.
These have savings bank Of their own
kind OfClub, and are almost too pros
porous for convicts. The bsndsmen ar
said to be as good as many regimenta
performers, and they play programmes 0
select music before the Governors mar
sion twice week, besides giving occa,
sional concerts. From this il will b.
seen that the life of many convicts is fa
better than that which is led by thousand
in the slams OF Paris, and it is no wonde
that such being the case, numerou
transgregsors against the law CT the land
including those who commit the mos
terrible crimes should view with longin;
light their dispatch to New Caledonia b.
} the clement mandate Of the President Q
the Republic.
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